Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-01
DAILY HERALD.
MISSING MAN.
Where is Mr.. Garrisen~Of
Los NietOs 2
HIS WIFE WANTS HIM BADLY.
He Left His Home Nearly d Month
Ago and Never Heard
of Since.
AfMISSING MAN.
HIS WIFE WANTS HIM BADLY.

at AualSlm WHICH, Delng lanu spec
ulator, he at once put on the market
for sale again. About the middle O.
May there came to the place, in q
buggy, from Pasadena, an elderly mar
with his wife and child. The mar
wanted to buy the place, and the terms
were mutually agreed upon. The man
whose name was M. Garrison, stated
that he had in his possession few
thousand dollars, but that his son, in
Colusa county, would advance him
all the money he wanted to
purchase the place, and that
the funds would be forthcoming in @
short time. A week later Garrison
came to Mr.. Burton's office in this
city, at 106 North Spring street, to
make deposit "to bind the bargain. u
The real estate man was not in the of.
fee, and Garrison left for him, with
Mr.. John P. Moran, letter from the
son, which runs as follows:
"CoLUsA, May 12, 1887.
"DEAR FATHER: l received your
letter, and was very glad to hear from
YOU. The most of my money is out,
and can't get it before the 10th OF
.I,,,,,ce, but il you do come up by the
10th or 10Th you can get from $4,000 to
$4,000, but !. !. you to.. ~. come i will
come down there by the Goth of June,
without fail. Pa, l think you hadn't
better come, for l will come down
there to stay with you. l will close
for the present. Write as soon as you
get this letter to Colusa, Cal.
From your loving son,
JAMES GARRISON"
With this letter he left message
that one week from that day he would
come and put up money ON the ranch.
The week passed by, Garrison failed
to put in an appearance. This was
about the first Of June. Nothing
more was thought of Garrison until
the 29th of June, when he and his
wife appeared at Anaheim, and stayed
all night at the Planters Hotel. Next
day they visited the ranch and drove
all around it, but did not make their
presence known. Garrison was we'll
known at Anaheim, for more than a
wear ago he was found in the back
yard of the Planters Hotel in a
state of great distress and sick.
Mrs. Mitchell, wife OF H. N.
Mitchell, who at that time kept the
Planters took the best care of him
until he got we'll, and then he returned
to his home in Pasadena.
Early in July Mr.. Burton was cross
ing Boyle Heights on his way to Ana
helm by team and there he met Gar
rison, who told him he had moved to
Los Nietos near the place of Mr..
Welsh just about the Sanford crossing
of the San Gabriel river. He explained
that there was some delay about getting
the money from his son, but that it
would arrive in Los Angeles proba-
bly, next day. Learning that property
at Anaheim had materially ascended
in value, he replied: "Well | am
bound to have that ranch, and | will
come and see you any way"
Several days passed and again Gar
rison failed to put in an appearance
according to his expectations. But
the week after the above meeting Mrs.
Garrison came to the office at 106 N.
Spring street, stating that ON Thurs
day Of the previous week the day after
the meeting on Boyle Heights, her
husband had come to this city accom-
panied by their little son, a
IL e To-
He had driven a colt which he was
breaking. That night the boy re-
turned stating that his father sent
word he was going a short distance
into the country and would return in
a few days. AS he did not return ur
at the time now in question, she
had come to learn if he had been at
Anaheim
NEVER CAME BACK.
So the matter has rested now for
nearly month. Mrs. Garrison re-
mains at Los Nietos, near the home
of Mr.. Thomas Allison. She lives in
a miserable little shanty where as she
saws she can hardly turn around
The day her husband left home she
uttered about the only complaint that
ever escaped her lips since
her marriage. She told him it was
very inconvenient to remain in this
little home, and he replied: "If my
hand is on my body and am alive,
will come and take you to Anahein
next Monday" From that eventfu
dav to this she has never seen MOI
heard of trace OF her missing hus
band. She knew but little of her hus
bands business. He had about $150(
of bonds belonging to her, and sht
supposed he had about $4,000 in all
He expected $4,000 from his son il
Colusa. Garrison had an understand
ing with Thomas Allison to sell tn
latter about ten acres of the Anahein
ranch as soon as he should get
deed to it. Some time ago Mrs
Garrison lent grOcerymal
in Los Angeles a few hundred dollar
of her money, and consented tina
notes for its payment might be give
her husband. These have disappears
with Garrison. She does not knoN
where he banked, or If he banke
anywhere. He knew but little OF busi
ness affairs, and told his wife one da
he had his money in the post office
That a man had told him that was tn
best place to keep funds. Thi
mystery is hard to fathom. Ih
postoffice does not, of course, receiy
money on deposit. Was this a conf
dence sharp who got Garrison to pu
4 ais money with a confederate pretend
ing it was going into the hands OF tn
fpostmaster? -
and buggy home that night, bu
another horse which he had her
at a stable he sold for $l2
next day. He left Mrs. CARR
son destitute excepting som
fifteen head Of cows, which are now q
pasture on the Sanford ranch near Flu
ton Sulphur Springs:
Now the question is, where is Carr
son? Did he draw from some place
deposit, the $4,000 he had? Did~h
! Get the $l7 900 from his son in Colusa